In 1903, Faroese-Danish scientist and physician Niels Finson was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology, “in recognition of his contribution to the treatment of diseases, especially lupus vulgaris, with concentrated light radiation, whereby he has opened a new avenue for medical science.”

American interest in light therapy waned however as they turned their attention toward antibiotics. Then in the 1990’s, NASA began experimenting with light therapy in order to maintain the health of long-term space flight crews. Their findings renewed American interest in light therapy. Today, we enjoy the benefits of “low level light therapy,” sometimes called “cold lasers,” such as the Baby Quasar PLUS. Devices such as these, have allowed light therapy to move away from medical offices to Estheticians, Day Spas, and non medical skin care facilities.

Today, light therapy has been shown in independent research worldwide to deliver powerful therapeutic benefits to living tissues and organisms. Both visible red and infrared light have been shown to promote at least 24 different positive changes at the cellular level. Clinically, there have been no recorded side effects in over 1,700 publications.